Hello all,

This is a quick photo summary of my trips in the past three day.

The journey started on Wednesday morning. It was warm, the sun was shining, the sky was blue with not a single cloud on it and I was in a great mood, ready for the next travel adventure!

Just before 9 a.m. the cleaners came, so I took the last remaining things out of my apartment and gave it one last glance before leaving the place where I had lived for the past 2 years and 20 months:

^{All the things I was bringing with me}
I hopped in my friend’s car, dropped off the apartment key at the housing company, and off to Stockholm we drove! Mid-way there we made a stop in Uppsala and went into IKEA to enjoy a simple but tasty lunch:

^{I had a smoked salmon filet with seafood sauce and cooked potatoes}

^{View of the restaurant}

^{IKEA parking lot}

We made another quick stop at the storage on the outskirts of Stockholm, where I keep my things when I’m in-between places (like my current situation), and left some stuff there. Then my friend gave me a lift to the closest metro station. It was nice to descend from the scorching hot (33˚C / 91.5˚F) sunlight into the chilly underground tunnels of the Stockholm metro system:

^{My things on the platform and the famous Stockholm city metro wall art}

I left the heavy travel bag in a storage box in the Central Station and took a combination of metro, bus and local train to my friend’s place on the other side of Stockholm, by the Baltic Sea. We spent a few hours lying on sun-heated rocks, swimming in the sea (the water temperature was about 24˚C / 75˚F) and chatting about cryptocurrencies (of course! ;)). I didn’t have my smartphone with me (didn’t want it near the water), so unfortunately I got no pictures from that lovely relaxed afternoon by the sea.

I spent the night at my friend’s place and on Thursday morning I headed for the airport, stopping at the Central Station to pick up my travel bag.

^{Killing time in the airport with a cup of coffee and a book}

My flight was delayed by half an hour and lasted over four hours. There wasn’t meal service onboard (don’t fly SAS in the economy class, people!), so I was famished, when we landed. I took an Uber to my AirBnB place – the same one where I stayed during the last year’s SteemFest² in Lisbon – unpacked, took shower, and went in search of dinner. It was already 8 p.m. local time, but many restaurants were just opening and people were streaming into them for dinner. This is when everything is closing in Sweden. So strange, the cultural differences!

^{Sakura, a Japanese Restaurant}

I was craving sushi and luckily there was a nice place close to where I am staying. All-you-can-eat for EUR €16.90 and the menu of things to choose from was huge! It was a perfect match for my empty stomach.

^{Stage 1 of my massive dinner last night}

I slept like a baby, being so tired after the long travel. And now I’m wide awake, my stomach grumbling again, so I’m heading off to find breakfast and start exploring Lisbon on foot! I borrowed some ideas and inspiration from Hive account@delishtreats’ posts about Lisbon from two months ago. Thank you, Martina!

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